Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Health Practitioner CYP LD/ASC
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Job Opportunity for Senior Health Practitioners
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Health Practitioners to join Merseycare's childrens services with the Intensive Support Function (ISF) for Children and Young People with learning disabilities and or neurodiversity concerns.
About the Role
We are looking for an individual with a background in nursing, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy or CYPMHS.
We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, creative, can work with complex and challenging presentation with a trauma informed positive behaviour support approach to improve the quality of life for young people and their families.
It would be preferable if candidates had experience of working with CYP with complex needs, mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity and understand the importance of interagency working.
Key Responsibilities
The team is a pan borough service covering Knowsley, St Helens, Halton and Warrington, mileage expenses will be paid. All additional training will be provided. Full IT Kit provided, free onsite parking at base site, hybrid working and flexible working agreements will always be considered in line with service delivery.
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As a Senior Health Practitioner, the post holder will manage a defined case-load with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) and their parents/carers, and evidence based client centred care to children and young people with varied health needs including learning disabilities, neurodiversity, challenging behaviour and mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
The post holder will be expected to undertake assessments with young people, provide brief interventions within the scope of their core qualification, advice, consultation and supervision to children and young people, and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency.
About Mersey Care
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Laura Williams
- Job title: Operational Services Manager
- Email address: Laura.williams2@merseycare.nhs.uk
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